Machine for composing or setting up type.



H. WEINIGER. MACHINE FOR OOMPOSING OR SETTING UP TYPE;

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8, 1908.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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H. WEINIGER.

MACHINE FOB. GOMPOSING OB. SETTING UP TYPE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.8,1908.

9 1 9,408, Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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H. WEINIGER-v MACHINE FOB. GOMPOSING 0R SETTING UP TYPE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.8,190B.

' 9 1 9,408 Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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51%essas HENRY WEI-NIGER, or-LoNnox,

ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TOPROGRESS 'IYPEWRJTER SUPPL CO., LTD, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR COMPOSING OR SETTING UP TYPE.

[ all .-lmn,- if, may comer/2 Be it known that I, HENRY \Vnmicna, a

subject of the King of Great Britain, resid ing at 85 Golden Lane, Barbican, London, England, have invented a Machine for Composing or Setting up Type, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to a machine designed more particularly for use in ofiices for composing type for circulars and the like,

but also adapted for use in all cases where type is composed, the object being to provide means whereby thetype can be removed from the containing receptacle or case and placed in the composing stick mechanically instead of by hand in the well-knowirmanner.

According to the invention the type is at ranged in columns or rows and the compos- 1n stick 's adapted to be presented to the derent columns or rows according to the character required,- means being employed to pushor remove a single type from a column into the composing stick which is then fed longitudinally the distance of thebreadth or thickness of a. single type.- To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which z---.

Figure 1- is a front elevation of a type composing machine constructed according to the. invention. Fig. 2' is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3+3,

by means ofthe clamps bf' 7) Fig. 1.: Fig. 4 is a section'on the line 4-4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6,

Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7,.

Fig. 5',-and Fig. 8 is a view of a detail herein'aiter described.

V a represents the type-case which is mounted on the trnnnions a, a pivotally held in the brackets 12,!) design d to be secured, say to a table I) or other convenient support.- The case a is normally held in the upright position shown by means of catches a a but when it is de-, sired to refill the same with type it is tilted into the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 2 m which position it is supported by the struts, a. -The type case a is formed with a series of partitions 0,. 0' which provide ed to receive nrnns orrows of type, suc as shown at d,F 3. The front or the type-case a is ed with a. sliding door or cover e the.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 8, 1908. Serial No. 456,747.

. object of which is to confine the type new and useful.

Patented April 2?, 190a.

dwithin the case a. This cover e, when the machine is-to be used, is raised which is equal to that the latter can be pushed out of the case into the. composing inafter describedf The said front is retained in the raised position by means of the pivoted catches a, afiwhich are-turned so as to bear upon the projections a upon the top of the case a.

At the lower part of the case a, thereis arranged a rodg upon which runs a carfor a space f the thickness of a type, so 4 stick in the manner here-- riage /1, the said carriage having dependin from its lower" part two arms 71., h eac provided at its lower end with a. roller h; these two rollers h bear against the two sides ofa lower rod 9 which serves as a.

guide to retain the carriage in the,upright position. v z is-t-he composing-stick wlnch is detachably mounted upon the slide 7' by means ofthe slots i, i at the to'p' and bottom thereof which engage with pins '9'", 7" upon the slide, the blade spring-j normallypressing the stick i against the heads of the ins when the former'is in place." The sli e j Works vertically in the guides 7' i on the carriage 71 and is adapted to be moved or fed throughness of a type after or before each type is placed in the said composin -stick 2' 1n the manner hereinafter describe T his a bell-crank. lever which is pivoted at k" to the carriage k, the said leverhaving' at one end the key 10 and being pivoted at its other end. to the pusher or plunger Z designed, when the said key is depressed to eject the lowermost type" (2 out of the lower endof the case a and into the com'posin stick as shown in Fig. 3. The'lever key a is retained in the position shown in the drawinos by means of the spring at the,

distances equal "to; the thick-" ms an. rests upon-the blade a. Thetwo lades n and were attached to one arm of a, bell-crank-levero'- pivoted on the sleeve carriedby the lever is 'a spring 0 between the bell-crank lever o and the sleeve 0 nor mally tending to holdtheblades n and o in the position to engage with thepins m on the slide 9. p g 7 When it is desk ed to-detach the slide j the spring blades'n and o can"be. pulled out of engagement with'the pins mas shown in broken lines in Fig. 5, the other arm of the bell-crank 0 m .1 contact with a stop pin o to limit the said outward movement of the'blades .72 and o; The upper blade spring which is shorter than the lower springs n,

'15 caused, when the spring key is is depressed to pass 'over the-upper mm m, that isto say,

' that which rests upon the .lower spring n while the. said lower at is caused to present a notch 11. which t possesses (see Fig. 8) to the pin m which drops through the sand notch n, the next adjacent upper pplmthen resting upon the blade spring 0." en the-key): is moved in the opposite. di; rection, that is, to say resumes1ts normal position the blade springs n and 0 ,move ack to their .former position leaving: the last mentioned pin on'the slide j on the lower-blade sp n.

xTo enable- Iz. to'be moved vided 'bar 9' marked with t imp readily and bring the composm .stick i into aplproximate alinement with e coumn of. thesaid carriage is pro- ,a inter g which works oyer a' corre 'n.' withthecoumnsoftype. Thisis early own in Fig. -1.. In order'to insure perfect alinementof the composing. stick with the required column of the pointer g is adapted to-enter holes -in'the.bar reach of the'said holes in alinement,

- alinement with the com with, one of the columns of type. The pointer'qlis in the form of a pl r adapted to fit the holes rand is'provi ed with a conical point-so that the stick a and reare not in perfect 'ement the said mt of the inter-will, .as it enters the ho 1", move; c said stick into such alinefit-fil-l th v h 'tisastripo e on e" "'e in and "as thesaidstick is fed ownwa'rd to reven't the type from displaced therem. v e The machine is employed as follows-that .i's to say, that the mom a is raosltion shown in e door or cover'e space if at-the locked in the upri ht Figs. 1 and 2,.and f at is raised so as to provide the .lower partof thecssn;i for the e ection of the the carriage, is moved until the pomter q upon it is 'opgisite to the chemo.

teru nthescale ofw hit'is-desiredto in uce'the type'into the stick erases The key his then dep cause theplunger Zto eject theflowermost type" from the column in the type-case of,

the particular'chara cter required, the said type on its ejection pushed mtp the composing stick 6,

understood by reference 'to Fi 2,3 and ova-ii so as to -70. This operation will be 4. The depression and return of the key A i has at the same time the composing stick 5 to drop for a distance equalito that between two of the'pins m upon the slide j and the said *composing stick-'11s therefore ready to receive the next upon the top of that just introduced. "lhe 'carrie' is then' moved opposite'to' the'row orcou containing the type next required to be set up and the above -descri operation is repeated, the repetition taking lace until the composing stick 'is complete y filled with typejn' which position it is supported by the laterally pro ecting'pins 8 upon theslide which abuts against thet'opof the carriage ii. The composing stick 1s then removed from the slide 7', and is emptied, or it may be replaced by an-empty stick and so on. p --:The composing stickiis' provided witha .series of holesvfi, Figs. ,1- and 3, through :which at the-end of. therow oi type-and articularly a short row a piece-of wire ien be and to P e the t' together and-hold them 'in the stick w e .the latter is being said typein the-e ase or printing frame.

inverted to deposit the.

It will be obvious that the carriage instead of being arranged to move relatively wish the type-case maybe made stationary an arrangement being preferably where acyhndrical or partly cylindrical type ease 1s made-use of.

.Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and m what manner the same is to be per formed, I declare thatwhat I claim is the type case adapted to be moved, this.

machihe, the. combina- I some general plane, a type stick movable in 'twojdirections at right angles to each other and parallel to. said plane, rneans for mo the type stick laterally with respectto sai rows of type'c'ells, to bring the type'stick into '-alinement with a selected ty cell, means for intermittently feeding t3: type stick longitudinally: of said rows of cells, and a transferring mechanism for elivering the selectedtype directly. into the type stick, substantially as described.

In a type setting machine, the combination with a ty e case provided with a plurality of type ce ls, disposed substantially vertically and arranged side by side, of a mov able type stick, disposed substantially vertically, means for moving the type stick horizontally and vertically in directions parallel to the adjacent face of said type case to bring the selected type opposite the place in said stick which it is designed to occupy and means for pushing the selected type out of the type case and directly in the type stick,

substantially as described.

4; In a typesetting machine, the combination with a type case provided with means for holding type with like it'aces thereof in the same general plane. of a type stick movable in two directions at right angles to each other and parallel to the said plane to bring a selected type opposite the position in the stick which it is designed to occupy, a transferring device movable with respect to the type case, and operatively connected with the type stick and means for operating said transferring device to transfer the selected type directly into the type stick. substantially as described.

3. In a type setting machine. the combination with a type case provided with a plurality of type cells, arranged side by side in the same general plane, a carriage movable lat' erally vith respect to the type cells and parallel to saidplane, a type stick mounted on said carriage and movable with respect thereto in a direction perpendicular to the line,of movement of said carriage, and means for transferring a selected type from the type case to said type stick. substantiallyas described.

6. In a type setting machine, the combination with;a type case provided with a plurality of type cells, arranged side by side in the same general plane, a carriage movable laterally with respect to the type cells and parallel to said plane. a type stick molmted on said carriage and movable with respect thereto in a directionperpendicular to the line of movement of said carriage, a transferring device carried by said carriage for transferring a selected type from the type c-ase'to the type stick, and operative means for said transfe ring device, substantially as described. I

7. In a type setting machine, the combination with a type case provided with a plurality of type fcells, arranged side by side in the same general plane, a carriage movable laterally with respect to the type cells and parallelctp said plane, a type stick mounted on said carriage and movable with respect thereto in a direction perpendicular to the i'line of movement of said carriage, a trans- 6 51 ferring device for transferring theselected type from the type case to the type stick, and feed mechanism fol-advancing the type stick in a direction perpendicular to the line of travel of the carriage, substantially as described.

8. in a type setting machine, the combination with a type case provided with a plurality of type cells, arranged side by side in the same general plane, a carriage movable laterally with respect to the type cells and parallel to said plane, a type stick mounted on said carriage and. movable with respect thereto in a direction perpendicular to the line of movement of said carriage, a transferring device carried by said carriage, for transferring a selected type. from the type case to the type stick, feed mechanism for advancing the type stick ina direction perpendicular to the line of travel of the car riage, an operating device and connections from said operating device to the said transferring and stick feeding mechanisms, substantially as described. a

9. In a type setting machine, the combination with a vertically disposed type case provided with a plurality of vertically disposed type cells, a carriage movable laterally of and parallel to the face of saidcase, a vertically movable slide supported in said carriage, means for feeding said slide vertically, a vertically disposed type stick detachably connected with said slide and means for transferring a selected type from the case directly to said stick, substantially as described.

10. In a machine for setting type, the combination with a type case provided with a series of vertical type cells arranged side by side, and means for supporting the lowermost type in each cell, of a carriage movable laterally with respect to said type cells, a vertically movable slide mounted on said carriage, a vertically movable type stick carried by said slide, means for moving said carriage laterally to aline the stick with a selected type cell, a plunger mounted on the carriage, in rear of the type cells for transferring the lowermost type from a selected cell to the said stick,.mechanism imparting an intermittent vertical feed to said slide and type stick, and'an operating lever operatively connected to said plunger and to said feed mechanism, substantially as described.

11. In a type setting'machi'ne, the comb nation with a type case provided W1t l1 ,vertically disposed type cells, arranged side by side, a carriage movable laterally of said cells, a vertically movable stick carrying slide mountedon said carriage, and an intermittent feeding mechanismfor said slide comprising a series of pins on said slide, and a reciprocating device provided with a blade having a notch forthe passage of said pins, and a spring blade adjacent thereto and having a pin engaging portion separated of type "cells, pivotal supports for said case,

and means for securing said case in substantially vertical and horizontal positlons,

. a laterally. and vertically movable type stick and transferring mechanismfor transferring a selected type from said case to said stick, substantially, as described.

18. In a, type setting machine, the combination with a type case, provided witha plurality of vertically disposed ty e cells, a cover for completely closing said cells, on one side of said cover, means for supporting said cover so as to expose the bottom types in said cells, said case having an aperture in each cell on the opposite side from said cover in line with the bottom type, a ty e stick movable horizontally and vertica y with respect to said type case, a plunger movable horizontally with said type stick, and means-for operating said plunger to which the composlng stick is detachably connected, acarriage on which the slide is mounted, a plunger for transferring the type from the type-case to the composing stick, an escapement device for intermittently feeding the slide and: composing stick the said escapement device comprising a pair of :blades one of which is shorter than the other and is elastic, the said blades engaging with pins upon the slide, and a bell-crank lever operated by a key for actuating the aforesaid'pusher or plunger and the escapement device, substantially .as hereinbefore described.

Witnesses:

O. G. REDFERN, WM. CoRNHILn.

HENRY WEINIGER. 4 

